The last few months have been rough on most of us (at least for me). All you hear is the current recession, disasters, fighting and bickering around the world. This surely has dampened most spirits especially during this holiday.
So let us try to turn this around and end the year positively and maybe that will help us have a better outlook towards 2012. And that being said, I bring you.... 31 days of kindness challenge.
So what is 31 days of kindness? It is really simple, all you have to do is to do at least a one good deed per day for the entire month of December (hence 31 days). Now, most have a set of good deeds that you need to accomplish per day. Well, for this challenge.. you don't. Why? If you have to follow a set of deeds you have to accomplish, then you are almost forcing yourself to do it. And I don't want that. We already get to force to do things that we do not want to and I do not want to add to that.
How do you do this challenge?
Simple, just do a good deed
What am I hoping to accomplish?
I had a rough last few months and I want to end the year on a positive note. And I am hoping that this will inspire others who will then inspire more people and so on and so forth.
Let us end 2011 on a good and positive note.
Update: Oops, I forgot to add, if you want to share your random acts of kindness, you can do so by:
-- Complimented someone on a great catch on an error
-- sent 39 $10 Gift cards to random people courtesy of Restaurant.com's Feed it Forward (you can also do so by going to https://feeditforward.restaurant.com/)
Dec 02
-- Hold the door for a lady who was still 6 steps behind me
-- Gave a generous tip at both restaurants during lunch and dinner
-- sent 7 $10 Gift cards to friends + 33 to random people courtesy of Restaurant.com's Feed it Forward
Dec 03
-- Help a friend out
-- let a car come out of a driveway
-- sent 9 $10 Gift cards to friends + 31 to random people courtesy of Restaurant.com's Feed it Forward
-- help a friend understand a concept that I have not used since my college days ^_^
Dec 04
-- Said hello to a complete stranger
-- sent 10 $10 gift e-cards to friends + 30 to random people courtesy of Restaurant.com's Feed it Forward
Dec 05
-- Help a colleague set up an mobile internet connection so that they could save money on their data plan
-- Gave recommendation on tablets/e-readers to a friend on what to give his wife for Christmas
-- Gave encouragements
-- Helped a friend by given pointers on how to proceed with their thesis
Dec 06
-- Aided couple of people with technology problems
-- sent 7 $10 gift e-cards to friends + 33 to random people courtesy of Restaurant.com's Feed it Forward
Dec 07
-- Fixed friend's laptop
-- sent 7 $10 gift e-cards to friends + 33 to random people courtesy of Restaurant.com's Feed it Forward
Dec 08
-- sent 9 $10 gift e-cards to friends + 31 to random people courtesy of Restaurant.com's Feed it Forward
Dec 09
-- gave directions to a stranger who was looking for an office
-- sent 40 $10 gift e-cards to random people courtesy of Restaurant.com's Feed it Forward
Dec 10
-- sent 3 $10 gift e-cards to friends + 37 to random people courtesy of Restaurant.com's Feed it Forward
Dec 11
-- help a stranger find an item in the store (I do not work for the store)
-- smiled at a stranger who smiled back
-- sent 3 $10 gift e-cards to friends + 37 to random people courtesy of Restaurant.com's Feed it Forward
Dec 12
-- gave directions to a stranger who was looking for an office
-- gave encouragement to a friend who is going through tough times
-- sent 4 $10 gift e-cards to friends + 36 to random people courtesy of Restaurant.com's Feed it Forward
Dec 13
-- gave encouragement to a friend who is going through tough times
-- sent 1 $10 gift e-cards to friend + 39 to random people courtesy of Restaurant.com's Feed it Forward
Dec 14
-- Change the water cooler at work on a bad back.
Dec 15
-- sent 1 $10 gift e-cards to friend + 39 to random people courtesy of Restaurant.com's Feed it Forward
Dec 16
-- gave my chair to a stranger in a restaurant
-- sent 4 $10 gift e-cards to friend + 36 to random people courtesy of Restaurant.com's Feed it Forward
Dec 17
-- gave direction to someone who was a bit lost
-- sent 3 $10 gift e-cards to friend + 37 to random people courtesy of Restaurant.com's Feed it Forward
Dec 18
-- bought coffee for a colleague
-- smiled at a stranger
-- help a pizza delivery person locate the person who he was bringing the order
Dec 19
-- help in wrapping 100 presents for less fortunate families so that they will have a Merry Christmas =)
Dec 20
-- finished a cookbook that a colleague asked me to help to create - colleague is giving them to their kids as Christmas presents.
-- sent 5 $10 gift e-cards to friend + 35 to random people courtesy of Restaurant.com's Feed it Forward
Dec 21
-- help an acquaintance with some computer-related problems
Dec 22
-- help in decorating for a Holiday party
-- sent 4 $10 gift e-cards to friend + 36 to random people courtesy of Restaurant.com's Feed it Forward
Dec 23
-- smiled at a stranger
-- sent 17 $10 gift e-cards to friend + 23 to random people courtesy of Restaurant.com's Feed it Forward
Dec 24
-- sent 17 $10 gift e-cards to friend + 23 to random people courtesy of Restaurant.com's Feed it Forward
-- gave presents
Dec 25
-- help walk my friend's dog
-- gave presents
Dec 26
-- gave a stranger bus money so that he could get to his doctor's appt.
-- treated a friend to breakfast
-- gave a friend a pass to MoMa
-- let friends use my subway pass
-- treated new friends to drinks
Dec 27
-- help a friend fix their computer
Dec 28
-- help a friend with a problem
-- gave encouragements
Dec 29
-- gave gracious tips
-- help a friend with a computer problem
Dec 30
-- offered my seat to a stranger at the coffeeshop
Dec 31
-- shared gum with strangers
-- said Happy New Year to strangers
-- help stranger get up from sitting down on the street
Well, thats the year.. 31 Days of Kindness completed, hope you had tried to do the same. Happy New Year!
So let us try to turn this around and end the year positively and maybe that will help us have a better outlook towards 2012. And that being said, I bring you.... 31 days of kindness challenge.
So what is 31 days of kindness? It is really simple, all you have to do is to do at least a one good deed per day for the entire month of December (hence 31 days). Now, most have a set of good deeds that you need to accomplish per day. Well, for this challenge.. you don't. Why? If you have to follow a set of deeds you have to accomplish, then you are almost forcing yourself to do it. And I don't want that. We already get to force to do things that we do not want to and I do not want to add to that.
How do you do this challenge?
Simple, just do a good deed
What am I hoping to accomplish?
I had a rough last few months and I want to end the year on a positive note. And I am hoping that this will inspire others who will then inspire more people and so on and so forth.
Let us end 2011 on a good and positive note.
Update: Oops, I forgot to add, if you want to share your random acts of kindness, you can do so by:
- Commenting on this blog post
- Using twitter with the hashtag #31DaysofKindness
- Commenting on my Facebook Status
-- Complimented someone on a great catch on an error
-- sent 39 $10 Gift cards to random people courtesy of Restaurant.com's Feed it Forward (you can also do so by going to https://feeditforward.restaurant.com/)
Dec 02
-- Hold the door for a lady who was still 6 steps behind me
-- Gave a generous tip at both restaurants during lunch and dinner
-- sent 7 $10 Gift cards to friends + 33 to random people courtesy of Restaurant.com's Feed it Forward
Dec 03
-- Help a friend out
-- let a car come out of a driveway
-- sent 9 $10 Gift cards to friends + 31 to random people courtesy of Restaurant.com's Feed it Forward
-- help a friend understand a concept that I have not used since my college days ^_^
Dec 04
-- Said hello to a complete stranger
-- sent 10 $10 gift e-cards to friends + 30 to random people courtesy of Restaurant.com's Feed it Forward
Dec 05
-- Help a colleague set up an mobile internet connection so that they could save money on their data plan
-- Gave recommendation on tablets/e-readers to a friend on what to give his wife for Christmas
-- Gave encouragements
-- Helped a friend by given pointers on how to proceed with their thesis
Dec 06
-- Aided couple of people with technology problems
-- sent 7 $10 gift e-cards to friends + 33 to random people courtesy of Restaurant.com's Feed it Forward
Dec 07
-- Fixed friend's laptop
-- sent 7 $10 gift e-cards to friends + 33 to random people courtesy of Restaurant.com's Feed it Forward
Dec 08
-- sent 9 $10 gift e-cards to friends + 31 to random people courtesy of Restaurant.com's Feed it Forward
Dec 09
-- gave directions to a stranger who was looking for an office
-- sent 40 $10 gift e-cards to random people courtesy of Restaurant.com's Feed it Forward
Dec 10
-- sent 3 $10 gift e-cards to friends + 37 to random people courtesy of Restaurant.com's Feed it Forward
Dec 11
-- help a stranger find an item in the store (I do not work for the store)
-- smiled at a stranger who smiled back
-- sent 3 $10 gift e-cards to friends + 37 to random people courtesy of Restaurant.com's Feed it Forward
Dec 12
-- gave directions to a stranger who was looking for an office
-- gave encouragement to a friend who is going through tough times
-- sent 4 $10 gift e-cards to friends + 36 to random people courtesy of Restaurant.com's Feed it Forward
Dec 13
-- gave encouragement to a friend who is going through tough times
-- sent 1 $10 gift e-cards to friend + 39 to random people courtesy of Restaurant.com's Feed it Forward
Dec 14
-- Change the water cooler at work on a bad back.
Dec 15
-- sent 1 $10 gift e-cards to friend + 39 to random people courtesy of Restaurant.com's Feed it Forward
Dec 16
-- gave my chair to a stranger in a restaurant
-- sent 4 $10 gift e-cards to friend + 36 to random people courtesy of Restaurant.com's Feed it Forward
Dec 17
-- gave direction to someone who was a bit lost
-- sent 3 $10 gift e-cards to friend + 37 to random people courtesy of Restaurant.com's Feed it Forward
Dec 18
-- bought coffee for a colleague
-- smiled at a stranger
-- help a pizza delivery person locate the person who he was bringing the order
Dec 19
-- help in wrapping 100 presents for less fortunate families so that they will have a Merry Christmas =)
Dec 20
-- finished a cookbook that a colleague asked me to help to create - colleague is giving them to their kids as Christmas presents.
-- sent 5 $10 gift e-cards to friend + 35 to random people courtesy of Restaurant.com's Feed it Forward
Dec 21
-- help an acquaintance with some computer-related problems
Dec 22
-- help in decorating for a Holiday party
-- sent 4 $10 gift e-cards to friend + 36 to random people courtesy of Restaurant.com's Feed it Forward
Dec 23
-- smiled at a stranger
-- sent 17 $10 gift e-cards to friend + 23 to random people courtesy of Restaurant.com's Feed it Forward
Dec 24
-- sent 17 $10 gift e-cards to friend + 23 to random people courtesy of Restaurant.com's Feed it Forward
-- gave presents
Dec 25
-- help walk my friend's dog
-- gave presents
Dec 26
-- gave a stranger bus money so that he could get to his doctor's appt.
-- treated a friend to breakfast
-- gave a friend a pass to MoMa
-- let friends use my subway pass
-- treated new friends to drinks
Dec 27
-- help a friend fix their computer
Dec 28
-- help a friend with a problem
-- gave encouragements
Dec 29
-- gave gracious tips
-- help a friend with a computer problem
Dec 30
-- offered my seat to a stranger at the coffeeshop
Dec 31
-- shared gum with strangers
-- said Happy New Year to strangers
-- help stranger get up from sitting down on the street
Well, thats the year.. 31 Days of Kindness completed, hope you had tried to do the same. Happy New Year!
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